"Poppy Remembering 1939-1945"
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Marion Amsellem
- Sol Roth
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carine Mink
Carine Mink donated her grandfather's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Oct. 27, 2009.
Scope and Content
Consists of one memoir, entitled "Poppy Remembering 1939-1945," about the experiences of Sol Roth, written, transcribed, and edited by their daughter, Marion Amsellem. Mr. Roth's memoir describes his experiences in the Polish army, life in the Łódź ghetto, arrest as a thief (for which he was innocent), and deportation to various labor camps. In 1942, he was deported from the Polomones camp to Riga and various camps nearby, and in 1944, was deported from Riga to Stutthof before being liberated by the Russians in early 1945. He lost his wife and son in the Holocaust.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Ms. Carine Mink
People
- Roth, Eva.
- Roth, Sol.
Subjects
- Stutthof (Concentration camp)
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Latvia--Rīga.
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Łódź--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Document